In Australia, the legal minimum tyre tread depth is 1.5 mm—fine for avoiding a defect, not exactly the wet-weather hero you’re after.
For real-world safety, replace at around 3 mm (closer to 4 mm if it buckets down where you drive), because braking distances grow uglier as the grooves vanish.
Use a proper tread gauge and check across the full width and around the tyre; wear never distributes itself like a polite dinner guest.
If you’re flirting with the wear bars, you’ve already left it late—those tyres are basically slicks in denial. Consult official documentation for exact figures.
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